"Dunn, we are very satisfied with the results of your trial training.
We are willing to use our first-round pick to acquire you and focus on training you next season.
However, are you willing to stop trying out with other teams for our sake? "
After the trial, Dumas negotiated with Duane in front of Bill Duffy.
After today's trial training, Du En also roughly knows how good he is.
His draft prospect is no longer at the end of the first round, but in the middle of the first round.
Although the draft also considers the potential of rookies, for playoff teams in the middle and late first rounds, immediate combat ability is more important than potential.
In the previous actual singles, Duan completely defeated Luke Ridnour, Reese Gaines, and Dante Jones.
Even though Marcus Banks was strong and like a cannon, he still lost to Duan 3 to 4.
Marcus Banks was not convinced by Duane and wanted to give it a try, but Dumas never spoke and said that Duane should fight Marcus Banks again.
Now Dumas takes the initiative to receive Duen and allows the staff to contact the rookies participating in other trials. This shows how much Dumas attaches importance to Duen.
Realizing his own value, Duan took the initiative to raise the price and said: "I am also willing to play for the Detroit Pistons, but I hope your team can trade up the draft picks."
“We are willing to pay some price to get you.
If the Memphis Grizzlies don't get the No. 1 pick, we're willing to use this lottery pick to get you.
The premise is that you agree to cooperate with our work. We need you to refuse trial training from other teams and only participate in our trial training.
After the lottery, we will invite you to come to Detroit once or twice. Are you willing to accept this condition? "
Painting is a skill that every NBA general manager must know, even a moral model like Dumars is no exception.
"Mr. Dumas, I don't mean to disrespect you, but the conditions you proposed are unfair to my client.
My client is willing to play for Detroit, but we also need to make some choices during this period.
Whether the shoes fit or not can only be determined by wearing them.
We won't mind if you continue to try out other rookies, but we also hope that you can respect our freedom to try out other teams. "
As an agent, Bill Duffy noticed that Dumas raised a topic that was difficult for Dunn to answer, so he immediately stood up and blocked the gun.
Dumas heard what Bill Duffy said and didn't force it: "I respect your choice and look forward to seeing you again soon."
After leaving Detroit, Bill Duffy originally planned to take Duan back to New York to wait for the results of the lottery.
However, Duan insisted on participating in the Pacers' trial training, and Bill Duffy followed Duan's wishes, risking his life to accompany Duan to Indianapolis.
The Pacers only have a second-round pick, and now Duane's draft price has risen to the middle of the first round.
Although apart from the Pistons, other teams are not sure yet. But through the following trials, Duan's strength and draft prospects will not become a secret.
A few days later, Bill Duffy even intended to bring Duan along to Anthony's trial training.
At that time, if we contact a few media and reveal a little bit about the trial training content, Duan's draft price will naturally rise, reaching the level of the middle of the first round.
Therefore, there is no need for Duan to participate in the Pacers' trial training.
Two days were wasted, but the result was not beyond Bill Duffy's expectation. The Pacers were very interested in Duan, but could not immediately commit to a first-round pick.
The Pacers still underestimated Duan's strength. After giving Duan a physical test, they only arranged for Jamal Tinsley to conduct a singles test with Duan.
As a result, Duan's maturity surprised even Larry Bird, the Pacers' vice president.
Jamal Tinsley is also a first-round pick after all, and he has been honing his skills in the NBA for two more years!
Although Duan is already a draft prospect at the end of the first round, he is just a yellow shooter who did not get much playing time in the NCAA and does not have much ball-handling ability.
However, Jamal Tinsley played three games with Doon and lost to Doon 18-21, 15-21, and 17-21 respectively.
Although the score difference is not big, the three games were all in vain, which is very telling.
They found that the strength shown by Du En far exceeded their expectations.
Pacers general manager Danny Wash immediately shook people up, and then alerted Reggie Miller and Ron Artest, who were already on vacation.
In the end, it was Artest who personally stepped off the field and had a fight with Duan to help the Pacers regain their face.
Duan's immediate combat ability is very good, but as a shooter before, he still plays too few one-on-one games with the ball.
What's more, Artest's body and defense are far stronger than Jamal Tinsley.
6 to 21, in just one game, the Pacers basically tested Duan's true level.
Duan's ball-holding ability is indeed not good, but he is still no problem playing as a substitute for the Pacers.
What's more, Duen has good physical confrontation and is relatively active in defense. In addition, he has a good three-point shot and can play without the ball without taking the ball.
Such 3D attributes are exactly what pedestrians need.
As Pacers scouts concluded after watching the combine, Duane is an almost perfect successor to Reggie Miller.
Although Duan's quality has yet to be tested in the playoffs, at least he can replace a lot of Reggie Miller's playing time next season, greatly reducing Reggie Miller's work.
After the trial, Reggie Miller made no secret of his love for Duane and took the initiative to treat Duane and Bill Duffy to dinner.
But the problem is, this year's Pacers don't have a first-round pick, and Reggie Miller's private efforts to win over Duane won't help.
Maybe Danny Wash and Bird would figure it out afterwards, but when Duane left with Reggie Miller, neither mentioned the commitment of a first-round pick, or even asked for another tryout. .
Normally, teams will invite players to participate in two or three trials to ensure that they select the right person.
This time Du En came to the Pacers for a trial training, it was undoubtedly wishful thinking.
"It seems we can only look forward to the Pistons!" After guessing the Pacers' thoughts, Duane can only hope that Dumars will use the Grizzlies' draft rights to sign him as promised.
However, will the Grizzlies still get the second pick this year?
Du En is looking forward to this!
Lottery draw held on May 22 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The draft is about to begin, and the battle between James and Anthony for the top pick will basically come to an end tonight.
As NBA Vice President Russ Granik officially came to the front desk, followed by notaries and the general managers of the 13 lottery teams, the answer to the lottery was about to be revealed.
In fact, the lottery draw has been completed under the witness of a backstage notary. The draw also starts with the No. 1 pick and continues until the first 12 picks are drawn.
However, in order to leave the suspense until the end, Lars Granik took out the envelope and revealed the answer, which started with the 13th pick in the first round.
"The 13th pick in the first round of the 2003 draft was the Houston Rockets!"
Lars Granik took out the letter paper from the envelope and announced.
The Rockets general manager at the scene said nothing about this, because they had already traded the draft rights to the Grizzlies.
Next, Lars Granik continued to reveal the answers in other envelopes.
The Sonics received the 12th pick, the Warriors 11th, the Wizards 10th, and the Hawks 9th.
When he heard that the Hawks had won the 9th pick, Duan turned his head with interest and looked at Anthony, who was staring at the TV.
If Duan remembers correctly, the 9th pick in his previous life was the New York Knicks!
"Now, it gets interesting!"
